BitShares added as DeFi on CMC
The leading cryptocurrency price indexing service CMC (CoinMarketCap) have formally added BitShares core token BTS, as well as smartcoins bitUSD and bitCNY to the important DeFi category. BTS is currently ranked #18. “DeFi stands for “decentralized finance” and…
BitShares Mainnet 4.0 is released.
Previously the testnet release test-4.0.6 hard fork time was Friday 5th June 13:00 UTC which went through without a glitch. As the result today mainnet 4.0 was released. As many of you know, BitShares mainnet release 4.0 was…
$BTS (BitShares Core Token) Trading Stats for 23.06.2020
Lets have a look at BitShares trading stats on the markets for the day. Total volume in 24h and supply details: The numbers appear high, but let’s check how this looks between exchanges: Top 10 exchanges by volume…
Notice: Maintenance of BitShares.org website
BitShares home website will be switched offline on 30th April 2020 (08:00 UTC) for system and website maintenance. This is due to the website requiring a makeover including updated content that will align to current consensus, and also…
Announcement: New BitSharesTalk Forums Look’n’Feel
We’re pleased to report that soon the old BitSharesTalk Forums will be switching over to a brand new, from-scratch version at the same web address. Feedback and testing has been taking place on the demo until now. The…
Part 1/3: Order Matching Engine Requirements
Dev’s corner is a new section of BitShares News where developers involved with the BitShares project post technical related briefs and observations. As an academic exercise, I wanted to take on building a order matching engine in C++….
[Trademark Initiative] Streamlining social media
BitShares needs to streamline its branding and social media appearance across the globe to strengthen its reputation and create a unified and seamless branding experience and outreach for on-boarding businesses. Abuse, non-consensus use, or unauthorized use of the…
BINANCE adds BTS/Stablecoin pairs
Binance have expanded their stablecoin trade offerings by adding BTS/USDT and BTS/BUSD pairs. 3 other coins joined BTS Core token in the listing which you can view in the original Binance annoucement. Although BTS is not new on…
BitShares Improvement Proposals
Introduction BitShares Improvement Proposals and Polls (or BSIPs) are a sub-category of workers. They mostly put forward new design ideas, features, or logic enhancements for the BitShares blockchain. Beside regular ‘Workers’, core token holders are required to explore…
BitShares – Trademark since 2020
Significant for being one of very few blockchains out there to acquire a trademark, BitShares is once again pioneering. As of 2020, key BitShares community members and BTS core token holders have an interest to setup building blocks…